Journal News Hires Armed Guards After Publishing Gun Owners' Names
The Journal News, which recently published a list of local gun owners’ names and addresses, has hired armed guards to patrol its grounds after editors received an inordinate amount of negative emails and phone calls. According to a police report obtained by The Rockland County Times, a private security company is “doing private security at on location at the Journal News as a result of the negative response to the article.”
The report said that the Journal News’ editor, Caryn McBride, complained of “negative correspondence” earlier, but police didn’t consider anything that McBride came across as threatening.
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